托福满分备考经验 | My Advice for High TOEFL Score

综合写作例文

There have been two sides of opinions on how to better battle the tropical disease malaria. The passage mainly lists out three main ways that will hopefully wipe out the disease, whereas the professor in the lecture states that none of the three strategies work effectively enough to completely eliminate malaria. I will state the reasoning for the lecturer on each of the strategies below.

For starters, the passage explains that administration of powerful prescription medicines can fight the symptoms of the infection by testing the exact malaria parasite strain in the patient's blood. However, the professor argues that the medication is only a treatment, not a cure, to the disease. Furthermore, the parasites have developed immunity towards modern medications. There are 2 known medications that no longer work for the strain of malaria parasite it was supposed to combat. It is not surprising that there will only be more parasites that become immune towards the medications in the future. Hence, the medications themselves will not eradicate malaria.

The second strategy introduced in the text is to directly kill the mosquitos through chemicals and to kill the larvae in still, warm water through chemicals and predatory fish. Nonetheless, the professor argues that it is hard to kill all of the mosquitos considering the sheer amount of them as well as their ability to fly. He mentions that killing the larvae through fish or chemicals presents the same challenges in the amount required to completely wipe out the mosquito larvae population. Therefore, chemical or predator elimination may also not work.

Lastly, the article describes the sterile insect technique, where humans breed millions of male mosquitoes with low-level gamma rays and release them into the wilderness to mate with female mosquitoes. The eggs produced this way do not hatch and this will eventually cause the mosquitoes to die out. But the professor points out that even though this has been effective to some extent, the males hatched this way do not mate as efficiently as the wild male mosquitoes. There might be a lot of reasons behind this, such as the breeded males do not attract the wild females as much, but the fact that they do not mate as effectively causes the professor to be concerned that this approach will also not get rid of the malaria disease completely.

Overall, the professor in the lecture does not agree that these three strategies are enough to eliminate the malaria disease.

独立写作例文

With the rapid development of economy and technology today, people have more and more disposable income to spend on entertainment and improvement of life quality including fashion and clothing. While I appreciate seeing more and more styles on the street, I agree with the statement that people today spend too much money on clothing to improve their appearance.

First of all, improving one's appearance does not solely come from the amount or the price of clothing one owns, but from a healthy lifestyle and a good understanding of fashion. Appearance consists of two parts: body and the garnaments used to decorate the body. The first component, the appearance of the body, can only be improved through a healthy diet and regular exercises. I am not at all trying to promote a certain body type, but the natural glow coming out of a healthy lifestyle cannot be compensated by any clothing. Hence, the amount of money spent on clothing does not matter when it comes to the first part. The second component is indeed clothing. However, the understanding of what makes fashionable and stylish clothing outweighs the price and amount of the clothing. There are a vast amount of ways to find good-looking clothes without hurting one's wallet, such as thrifting or simply going to smaller, non-designer brands. Therefore, as my first point, money spent on clothing is not the most important thing when it comes to improving appearance.

Moreover, from the standpoint of the environment, it is also not a good idea to spend too much money on clothing. It is old but important news that we need to save and protect our planet Earth. Fast fashion brands like H&M or Forever 21 not only promote people from buying an excessive amount of clothing at a relatively cheap price, but also make clothing with poor quality that forces people to replace them. Consumers today need to realize this unsustainable cycle, and break it by buying high quality clothing that can be worn multiple times. To add on to my first point, the best way to improve people's appearance not at the price of the environment is through buying good-looking clothing that can be worn over a long time and recycled.

It is indeed understandable why some people would spend a massive amount of money on clothing. People need to feel confident in themselves in order to succeed in life. Nonetheless, it is significant to come to the realization that confidence and appearance improvement do not only come from the money one spends on clothing. It almost always comes from within. It is much more efficient and effective to improve one's appearance and confidence through exercise, meditation, or learning about fashion before purchase.

In a nutshell, I stand by my opinion on not spending too much money on clothing and finding other more sustainable ways of improving one's appearance.